"Unless those Archmages make a move themselves, reliance on coordination with other professions will be futile, unless they are willing to deploy the elite guards of each tribe..."
As for the Bay Territory concealing critical information, Hess was not surprised in the slightest.
During the trade, he could already sense that the Bay Territory had realized who they were dealing with.
Especially when the Bay Territory demanded trade technologies from the Kael Elf Kingdom, they almost explicitly named them.
Thinking of this, Hess immediately instructed his subordinates:
"Notify the chess pieces embedded within Bay City to monitor for any large-scale magic fluctuations at all times!"
Although Hess did not understand why the Bay Territory agreed to trade the Dragon Warrior Transformation Technology for various technologies including the Maze Lock Technique, spatial spell materials, and life spell materials.